My cat got hurt real bad

[guitarsjb]

Today while I was at work, my husband called me and told me Fred (our cat) showed back up after being gone for 1 1/2 days...then he told me the bad news. My husband found him on the stairs going up to our house at the hotel, his back by his tail had a HUGE hole in it, and he couldn't move his back legs. He's at the vets office for the night, they are pumping him full of antibiotics, but the vet says it doesn't look good. His back may be broken. The X-rays are "inconclusive" it doesn't appear to be broken, but he can only move his front 1/2. Tomorrow we will know more. They are running more tests. I'm glad (yet not) that I wasn't home to find him, he is such a cool cat...but I won't let him suffer. Please keep your fingers crossed. I know he's just a cat, but he's mine.


Jeri

[VitaminG]

wow, that's awful Jeri. All the best to your little buddy. I hope everything works out for him.

[StukaJU87]

Oh, Jeri. I hope your cat will be ok. They are such awesome animals. I will be a total basket case if something ever happens to Suto.

[GodOfRhythm]

That's awful.

My cat had the EXACT same thing. A huge gaping hole in the back of his right thigh, and a broken back + pelvis. He was a fighter and pulled through. His back was deformed and his tail was completely paralyzed, his backlegs never functioned too properly either anymore. But all in all he didn't mind that at all and went about his business.

Needless to say he never got over it completely and at the same time as the car-hitting-accident the vet also diagnosed him with leukemia and said he would die anyways within a month. Well he didn't and survived and lived with the aforementioned defects to his body.

Eventually something got the better of him though (leukemia, disease, I don't know) but he started spiralling down pretty fast and one day we found him laying dead in our backyard, thin as a skeleton, skin over bones.

I gave him a decent burial. The little guy was a fighter!

One day we were at a friends house watching the full solar eclipse, the friend had a jack russel and he was telling us how a little black kitten was running around his garden for about a week now and how the jack russell would go after it and try and get it.

We leave and go to my grandmothers house for a quick stop, when we leave there to go home we hear a meeowing coming from somewhere, eventually we popped the hood and there was a little black kitten, all filthy and obviously malnutrioned to the bone hiding between the tire and the carbody, hanging onto nothing but the tyre's spring! We'd driven a good couple of miles, so he must have clinged on for life. He fled up there trying to escape the jack russell. We took him home and gave him lots of food and really took care of the little guy, anything that fights that hard deserves to live and have a good live, imho! It was the first time we ever had a cat, btw.

We called him 'Bailey' because at a full solar eclipse, right before the moon totally covers the sun, you can see a sharp, narrow ring of light around the outline of the moon and a larger piece of light, appearing like a diamond. This phenomenon is called Bailey's ring, so we named him after that.

In the end he was with us for about 4 years, until that entire car/disease thing happened.

I definitly understand what you're going through. I feel you should not let him suffer either, but first see if he wants to fight and live and if it seems at all human (he's not in too much pain), try and give him a chance!

[Joe_Steeler]

So sorry to hear that.
Hope the kitty can make a full recovery.
Lola is sitting next to me here, sorta looks like Fred.

[Jack The Riffer]

Sorry to hear this Jeri. I hope he gets well soon.

[St.James]

I know he's just a cat, but he's mine.

They're never just a cat or dog. They're part of the family. I'd absolutely die if something happened to my baby.

I hope everything works out for Fred.

[zeegler]

That's awful Jeri. I hope he either pulls through, or doesn't suffer much.

[toejam]

Aww, sorry to hear. Hope the little guy pulls through and recovers.

[Emthrax]

Oh NO!!! Oh poor Fred!
I hope he'll be okay, sending tons of good mojo.

Hugs,
Em

[guitarsjb]

They're never just a cat or dog. They're part of the family. I'd absolutely die if something happened to my baby.

I hope everything works out for Fred.

I meant he's just a cat to some, not me...He's such a great cat, totally laid back, he's been such a positive (sp?) member of our family...I call him my comic relief most times....
Thank you all for your comments/thoughts/etc. You guys have been and are a great part of my life...thanks.

[JRE]

Hopes and saying prayers for your baby..........

[El_Kabong]

I hope your little guy pulls through.

[Jacksonfan]

Fingers crossed for Fred, Jeri! It really rips your heart out when something happens to a pet. They're so innocent, much like children and really are a part of the family. Good thoughts coming your way for a complete recovery. Take care.

[nateb]

Fuck.... I am so sorry to hear that. I hope that everything turns out ok.